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Zumba prostitute Alexis Wright

Alexis Wright appears with her attorney, Sarah Churchill, Friday, March 29, 2013 in Cumberland County Court, in Portland, Maine. Wright, a dance instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts in a scandal that captivated a quiet seaside town. (March 29, 2013) Photo Credit: AP

Kennebunk, Maine has been rocked by a scandal in which a 29-year-old fitness instructor is accused of running a brothel out of her Zumba studio.

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Alexis Wright appears with her attorney, Sarah Churchill, Friday, March 29, 2013 in Cumberland County Court, in Portland, Maine. Wright, a dance instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts in a scandal that captivated a quiet seaside town. (March 29, 2013)

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Alexis Wright appears with her attorney, Sarah Churchill, Friday, March 29, 2013 in Cumberland County Court, in Portland, Maine. Wright, a dance instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts in a scandal that captivated a quiet seaside town. (March 29, 2013)

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In this file photo, Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House in Portland, Maine. Emails and text messages between Alexis Wright and Mark Strong Sr. were obtained Tuesday, April 16, 2013 through a records request by the Portland Press Herald. The communications included spreadsheets Wright used to keep track of her clients that included names, dates, times, sex acts and payments. (Jan. 18, 2013)

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In this file photo, Alexis Wright, 30, leaves the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland, Maine. Whether Wright's tale makes it to the small screen remains to be seen, but there is nothing specifically in state law _ and nothing in the plea bargain she reached with prosecutors _ that prevents Wright from selling her story, whether in the form of an interview, a book or a script. (March 13, 2013)

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Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office, authorities said. Wright pleaded guilty and faces up to 10 months in prison. (Oct. 9, 2012)

The trial of a man accused of managing a prostitution ring out of a fitness studio in Maine goes to the jury Wednesday. Mark Strong has pled not guilty. Accused prostitute Alexis Wright will go to trial later. (March 5)

Residents of a Maine community will have to wait at least the weekend to learn which of their friends and neighbors stand accused of giving business to a fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her Zumba studio. (Oct. 12)

People in the upscale Maine beach town of Kennebunk are waiting anxiously as police prepare to release the names of clients of Zumba instructor Alexis Wright who also allegedly worked as a prostitute. (Oct. 11)